Laura Mulvey ’s article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" argues that in classical hollywood cinema there exists a different viewing expierience for male and female spectators. explain the basis of the theory. Do you agree? Since 1970 ’s Laura Mulvey has been regarded as one of the most famous and well known feminist in film critic. through out histry‚ women ’s body has been used as a vision of pleasure by men. women ’s bodies have been used to make profit for the males sexual desire. the women
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Writers differ in the purpose for which they write. Some aim to entertain‚ but the more serious and skilled writers usually have the goal of expressing a serious idea. Writers such as Hariet Beecher Stowe and Alex Haley are writers who write for more than mere entertainment. Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ written by Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ had a political purpose. Stowe intended to help America realize the inhumanity of slavery and the pain it brought upon African-Americans by writing a melodramatic novel. She
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The Orchestra of the Romantic Era The Romantic Era was a time of many changes and innovations. While the Classical era was a time of restrictions and laws‚ the Romantic period saw the opposite. It was a time of experimentation – artistic freedom and creativity. There was a change in the way that composers wrote. They began utilising various emotions in their writing‚ as if to tell stories through their music. They began experimenting with new musical ideas. They began to move away from traditional
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The Victorian era which lasted during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901‚ established the foundations of many social‚ cultural and moral ideologies in which many are present to this day. Everywhere you look you can almost always see something Victorian-inspired from floral patterned curtains to elegantly hand crafted candlesticks. When visualizing ‘The Victorian Era’ lavish balls‚ lace covered dresses‚ tea parties and fancy lifestyles come to mind. However‚ the Victorian era is much more
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In fact‚ from the standpoint of African-American history‚ the Progressive Era qualifies as arguably the single worst period since Emancipation. The wholesale disfranchisement of Southern black voters occurred during these years‚ as did the rise and triumph of Jim Crow. Furthermore‚ as the Westminster College historian David W. Southern notes in his recent book‚ The Progressive Era and Race: Reform and Reaction‚ 1900–1917‚ the very worst of it—disfranchisement‚ segregation‚ race
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With the beginning of human history comes the Stone Age—comprised of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. The start of tool-making marks the former; the start of agriculture marks the latter. The first forms of tools in the Paleolithic Era were quite basic and rough‚ made from materials like wood‚ bone‚ and stone. Tools such as choppers for cracking bone and scrapers for preparing animal hide were used‚ and were then designed upon by later hominoids‚ from which weapons like clubs‚ spears‚ and knives
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with prosperity‚ commonly referred to as “the Era of Good feelings”. While this time period did have a rising influence in nationalism‚ which brought the nation together‚ it also brought the rise of sectionalism‚ which emerged as a problem that would further and further divide the country until the outbreak of the Civil war in 1861. This and the economic problems in the country‚ like the panic of 1819‚ caused the traditionally referred to peaceful era to actually be a time of financial troubles and
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I warn you‚ you may want get yourself a snack before reading this because you may get a little hungry reading about all the foods the people ate in the victorian era. Queen Victoria preferred more simple meals and pretty soon it became a normal thing to have more simple meals‚ so you won’t be hearing of anything to crazy. Though don’t get me wrong‚ the brits loved and valued their food back in the victorian times. Food was an excellent way to tie families or friends together. Now‚ you get to read
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Majerski 1 Alexander Majerski Mr. Jenson English 11-B 11 April 2009 Elizabethan Medicine in the Age of Shakespeare The Elizabethan era‚ also known as the age of Shakespeare‚ refers to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603). Unlike the new found passion for art and culture during this English Renaissance‚ including. the expansion of Elizabethan theatre and Shakespeare ’s new style‚ the advancement of medicine fell far behind. (Rowse 2000) This lack of interest in medicine
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Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good Feelings.” Evaluate the accuracy of this label‚ considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism. The period of time labeled as the “Era of Good Feelings‚” was a prosperous‚ but shortened period for America in which political strife had come to a halt and disputes had settled. The high morale after the war caused this era to be granted such a name. With James Monroe in presidency‚ and the country in
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